Lost sprites (SOLVED)

[Anarcho]

I just got this message when trying to test my game:

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Illegal exception
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An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x00431B5A ; program pointer is +3330, ACI version 2.70.861, gtags (18,46)

AGS cannot continue, this exception was fatal. Please note down the numbers above, remember what you were doing at the time and notify CJ on the Tech forum.


Right before this happened, I had tried to test the game, and it was in the middle of saving...it was taking a very long time (because I had other things going on at the time) and because I'm an idiot I closed AGS using Ctrl Alt Del----i thought it would only close the game not AGS, but it closed everything.  Then when I opened up the game again, and tried to test it, I got this message.  Now, when I open my sprite manager----EVERY SINGLE SPRITE IS GONE.  All of the names of the sprites are there, but all the images are gone.  I'm pretty much screwed.

Thankfully my last backup was two weeks ago, instead of 2 months ago, but damn this sucks.

[Gilbert]

Actually you can try this first:
Backup your game folder.
For whichever part you think was damaged (like for sprites it's acsprset.spr) look for a files prefixed with "backup_" and ends with that file name (for sprites it's backup_acsprset.spr), delete the damaged one rename that backup file to remove the "backup_" part.
If it works you may be able to rescue some of the more recent materials.

[Anarcho]

Oh thank God.  Thank Jesus, thank Buddha, thank Vishnu, thank Bhaal, and thank you Gilbot.  And thank you Chris for building in that backup function.  I was gonna have a nervous breakdown.

Oh, by the way, it worked.    

[Pumaman]

Yes, it is highly recommended that you do not kill the AGS Editor with task manager while it is saving the game -- the only result of that is going to be pain

Oh, now go back up your game